Mindless Iraq Debate

It's so bad, Jonathan Chait is the voice of reason.

(We'll be at a conference tomorrow, returning Monday.) In 2003, The New Republic caused a mild stir when it published a rant by Jonathan Chait titled "Mad About You: The case for Bush hatred." (The subheadline doesn't appear on TNR's website.) At the moment, Chait, now with New York magazine, is the voice of reason on the left--which means, of course, that the debate in which he's involved is an exceedingly stupid one.

Chait's piece yesterday on the New York website is in part a response to a Wall Street...